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  • Classic Horror Comic Misty Returns in 2024!

    Classic Horror Comic Misty Returns in 2024!

    31st March 2024

    <p>Dare You Read It Alone? A classic horror series rises from beyond the grave in 2024, featuring four brand-new chilling adventures from some of the most terrifyingly talented creators in comics! As revealed earlier today, Misty, the classic horror series for young women, has been resurrected by megastar writer Gail Simone, who is being joined by a murderers’ row [&hellip;]</p>

  • Some Men Are Born Leaders! Pre-Order The Sarge Vol 2 Now!

    Some Men Are Born Leaders! Pre-Order The Sarge Vol 2 Now!

    27th March 2024

    <p>&#8220;Another Masterwork Of Brit Comics History&#8221; &#8211; comicon.com. SOME MEN ARE BORN LEADERS &#8211; MEN LIKE JIM MASTERS! Italy, 1943, and British sergeant Jim Masters and his section face increasingly brutal opposition from the German army. Masters has been working overtime as he attempts to keep the war from destroying the good men who make [&hellip;]</p>

  • Hellman of Hammer Force: Downfall – out now!

    Hellman of Hammer Force: Downfall – out now!

    27th March 2024

    <p>There has never before been an anti-hero in British comics like Hellman of Hammer Force! From the invasion of Poland in 1939 through to the fall of Berlin in 1945, Hellman of Hammer Force saw action on many fronts, and this collection contains all the hard-hitting war stories told through the eyes of Hellman which [&hellip;]</p>

  • The King of Crooks returns! Pre-Order The Spider’s Syndicate of Crime vs. The Crime Genie now!

    The King of Crooks returns! Pre-Order The Spider’s Syndicate of Crime vs. The Crime Genie now!

    13th March 2024

    <p>&#8216;If there was a ever a crown for the finest character created for British Comics in the shadowy black and white newsprint world of the 1960s, it would be proudly worn by the Spider.&#8217; &#8211; Paul Grist The King of Crooks returns! The Spider is a fabulous intellectual adventurer who straddles both sides of the [&hellip;]</p>

  • Blazing Battle Action on Every Page! Battle Action Volume Two Is Out Now!

    Blazing Battle Action on Every Page! Battle Action Volume Two Is Out Now!

    27th February 2024

    <p>BATTLE ACTION&nbsp;RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF TWELVE NEW STORIES! Air Ace&nbsp;Johnny Red&nbsp;and Angel of Death&nbsp;Nina Petrova&nbsp;face off against the Nazi invaders, lethal British agent&nbsp;Dredger&nbsp;deals with the abduction of the only person dear to his stony heart, and the louche&nbsp;Major Eazy&nbsp;must lead his men through the Devil’s Garden of El Alamein. There’s action aplenty with roguish [&hellip;]</p>

  • A Very British Affair: the perfect comic book Valentine’s Day gift

    A Very British Affair: the perfect comic book Valentine’s Day gift

    6th February 2024

    <p>The finest romance comics in British history in one stylish hardcover book – A Very British Affair is the ideal Valentine&#8217;s Day gift for the comics fan in your life! Curated by Eisner-nominated historian and artist David Roach,&nbsp;A Very British Affair&nbsp;charts the stratospheric rise of romance comics in postwar Britain with a selection of the [&hellip;]</p>

  • The Original Boy Wizard is back! Pre-Order the Kelpie The Boy Wizard: 60th Anniversary Edition

    The Original Boy Wizard is back! Pre-Order the Kelpie The Boy Wizard: 60th Anniversary Edition

    31st January 2024

    <p>Collected in its entirety for the first time since it originally appeared in&nbsp;Wham!&nbsp;sixty years ago,&nbsp;Kelpie the Boy Wizard&nbsp;is an exciting, magical adventure illustrated by British Comics&#8217; legend, John Burns. In days of old, when King Arthur reigned over Britain, there was at royal Camelot an apprentice sorcerer by the name of Kelpie. Together with his [&hellip;]</p>

  • OUT NOW: Picture Library: The Crimson Sea by Hugo Pratt

    OUT NOW: Picture Library: The Crimson Sea by Hugo Pratt

    31st January 2024

    <p>The latest War Picture Library collection featuring the work of master artist Hugo Pratt &#8211; The Crimson Sea collection is available to buy in print now! One of the 20th Century&#8217;s greatest artists, Hugo Pratt’s influence on comic art can still be felt today. In 1967 he created the internationally popular comic book character, Corto Maltese, [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Today! There’s Giant Bats and Dogfights in Black Max Vol.3!

    Out Today! There’s Giant Bats and Dogfights in Black Max Vol.3!

    17th January 2024

    <p>German World War One flying ace Baron Maximilien Von Klorr returns to the skies over the Western Front – and this time he isn&#8217;t on his own! The third volume of Black Max is available to now! Ace fighter pilot Baron Maximilien Von Klorr is the scourge of the skies – menacing the Allied forces [&hellip;]</p>

  • Blazing Battle Action on Every Page! Pre-Order Battle Action Volume Two Now!

    Blazing Battle Action on Every Page! Pre-Order Battle Action Volume Two Now!

    10th January 2024

    <p>BATTLE ACTION&nbsp;RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF TWELVE NEW STORIES! Air Ace&nbsp;Johnny Red&nbsp;and Angel of Death&nbsp;Nina Petrova&nbsp;face off against the Nazi invaders, lethal British agent&nbsp;Dredger&nbsp;deals with the abduction of the only person dear to his stony heart, and the louche&nbsp;Major Eazy&nbsp;must lead his men through the Devil’s Garden of El Alamein. There’s action aplenty with roguish [&hellip;]</p>

  • Pre-order now! The Iron Fist by Hugo Pratt

    Pre-order now! The Iron Fist by Hugo Pratt

    3rd January 2024

    <p>Pre-order the latest War Picture Library collection featuring the work of master artist Hugo Pratt &#8211; the Iron Fist collection is available to pre-order in print now! The title story of this collection,&nbsp;The Iron Fist, focuses on the lives of the crew manning the Goliath and the battles they fight, ranging from El Alamein to [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! The Spider takes on Cursitor Doom and Adam Eterno in the final issue of Smash!

    Out Now! The Spider takes on Cursitor Doom and Adam Eterno in the final issue of Smash!

    20th December 2023

    <p>Adam Eterno and Cursitor Doom bring Smash! into 2023! The six decade-spanning adventure comes to an explosive conclusion as Cursitor Doom is outwitted by a former sidekick, and the demon trapped in the stone idol since the time of Janus Stark is unleashed. The time-travelling Adam Eterno enters the fray in an attempt to halt [&hellip;]</p>

  • Robot Archie and The Time Machine – pre-order now

    Robot Archie and The Time Machine – pre-order now

    13th December 2023

    <p>The Treasury of British Comics is proud to unveil its first collection of one of British comics&#8217; most famous and beloved characters – Robot Archie. The most famous creation of Edward George Cowan, otherwise known as Ted Cowan, Robot Archie debuted in Lion in 1952 with his first series drawn by artist Alan Philpott. This [&hellip;]</p>

  • Stories to make you Shiver! Pre-order 40 Years of Scream today… if you dare!

    Stories to make you Shiver! Pre-order 40 Years of Scream today… if you dare!

    7th December 2023

    <p>NOT FOR THE NERVOUS! Celebrating 40 years since IPC launched the UK&#8217;s most iconic &#8216;horror&#8217; anthology, this wonderfully horrifying single volume collects all of the strips included in the 15-issue run of Scream! Produced &#8216;from the depths&#8217; of King&#8217;s Reach Tower by the mysterious &#8216;undead&#8217; editor Ghastly McNasty, the first issue of Scream! was unleashed [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! The 2000 AD Art of Mick McMahon Apex Edition

    Out Now! The 2000 AD Art of Mick McMahon Apex Edition

    29th November 2023

    <p>&#8220;Fearless in his desire to challenge himself and innovate&#8221; &#8211;&nbsp;The Gutter Review This unmissable book presents high-resolution scans of stunning original art pages by artist Mick McMahon – at their actual size – in a deluxe, over-sized hardcover facsimile edition. As well as his brush and pen work, these pages include original titles, word balloons, [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! Rogue AI takes control in Smash! #2 – can The Spider escape?

    Out Now! Rogue AI takes control in Smash! #2 – can The Spider escape?

    29th November 2023

    <p>The King of Crooks latest heist has gone badly wrong! He has been trapped in Maxwell Tower by the caretaker computer programme running the building and Robot Archie is closing in on capturing the arch-criminal. Forced to face his fears on the nightmare inducing-thirteenth floor and evade the team-up of two AI programmes, this could [&hellip;]</p>

  • Hammer into battle with “Hellman of Hammer Force: Downfall” – pre-order now!

    Hammer into battle with “Hellman of Hammer Force: Downfall” – pre-order now!

    22nd November 2023

    <p>There has never before been an anti-hero in British comics like Hellman of Hammer Force! From the invasion of Poland in 1939 through to the fall of Berlin in 1945, Hellman of Hammer Force saw action on many fronts, and this collection contains all the hard-hitting war stories told through the eyes of Hellman which [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! There’s fishy business going on here – reel in Classic Gums today!

    Out Now! There’s fishy business going on here – reel in Classic Gums today!

    22nd November 2023

    <p>You&#8217;re gonna need a bigger book shelf – because the first collection of the classic Gums from the pages of Monster Fun is here! The Great White (toothless) shark stalks a territory&nbsp; around the Australian coast, where he constantly butts heads with local surfer, Bluey. While Gums is out to snack on the youngster, Bluey is determined to [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out now: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Vol.5

    Out now: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Vol.5

    21st November 2023

    <p>The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Vol.5 is out now! The best-selling books collecting the legendary science-fiction classic,&nbsp;The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, continues with a fifth volume collecting comics legend&nbsp;Don Lawrence’s&nbsp;final work on the iconic series. The 1960s science fiction series from the pages of&nbsp;Ranger&nbsp;and&nbsp;Look &amp; Learn,&nbsp;The Rise and Fall [&hellip;]</p>

  • ‘TimeQuake’ from Starlord & 2000 AD collection out now from Hibernia

    ‘TimeQuake’ from Starlord & 2000 AD collection out now from Hibernia

    14th November 2023

    <p>Hibernia Comics are back with the fifth in its Fleetway Files collection – &#8216;TimeQuake&#8217;! &#8220;TIME TRAVEL! IT&#8217;S FLAMIN&#8217; IMPOSSIBLE! Before the agents of Indigo Prime and Loki&#8217;s Time Variance Authority there was &#8216;TimeQuake&#8217;! Time-Control patrol the timelines to keep reality safe from time-quakes: devastating changes to the structure of time caused by threats ranging from [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! The Treasury of British Comics Annual 2024

    Out Now! The Treasury of British Comics Annual 2024

    8th November 2023

    <p>Packed with lovingly-restored classics and brand new high-octane stories,&nbsp;the Treasury of British Comics Annual&nbsp;2024&nbsp;is&nbsp;a festive treat for fans of the best of British comics. Collected together in a gorgeous hardcover, the&nbsp;Treasury of British Comics Annual&nbsp;not only features stunning early work by industry greats such as Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) and [&hellip;]</p>

  • Get up to 75% off classic British comics collection in our Christmas sale!

    Get up to 75% off classic British comics collection in our Christmas sale!

    30th October 2023

    <p>You can now get up to an incredible 75% off collections in the Treasury of British Comics Christmas sale! Take advantage of massive discounts on collections of classic British comics and a whole raft of new original comics by both fresh and established voices. The sale ends 13 December, but pressure on postal services is likely [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! Classic Characters Collide as Smash! #1 Presents The Heist of Century!

    Out Now! Classic Characters Collide as Smash! #1 Presents The Heist of Century!

    25th October 2023

    <p>Superheroes from across the ages – assemble! A brand new comics mini-series unleashes the power of some of comics’ greatest characters of all time! Written by renowned artist/writer Paul Grist (Kane, Jack Staff) with art from Tom Foster (Judge Dredd), Anna Morozova (Lowborn High) and cover artist Andy Clarke (Batman and Robin), this fast-paced action-adventure mini-series [&hellip;]</p>

  • 2000 AD Covers Uncovered: Andy Clarke’s SMASH!-ing cover brings the thrills of Brit comics of old into the now!

    2000 AD Covers Uncovered: Andy Clarke’s SMASH!-ing cover brings the thrills of Brit comics of old into the now!

    25th October 2023

    <p>Every week,&nbsp;2000 AD&nbsp;brings you the galaxy’s greatest artwork and&nbsp;2000 AD Covers Uncovered&nbsp;takes you behind-the-scenes with the headline artists responsible for our top cover art – join bloggers Richard Bruton and Pete Wells as they uncover the greatest covers from&nbsp;2000 AD and beyond! This week, we’re going away from the Prog for a moment to celebrate [&hellip;]</p>

  • It’s the Heist of the Century! Pre-Order Smash! now!

    It’s the Heist of the Century! Pre-Order Smash! now!

    5th October 2023

    <p>Superheroes from across the ages – assemble! A brand new comics mini-series is unleashing the power of some of comics’ greatest characters of all time! Written by renowned artist/writer Paul Grist (Kane, Jack Staff), this fast-paced action-adventure mini-series features the very best and the most outlandish heroes, superheroes, and anti-heroes that comics can offer! From [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! Creepy, Campy Horror Runs Amok in Misty: 45 Years of Fear

    Out Now! Creepy, Campy Horror Runs Amok in Misty: 45 Years of Fear

    27th September 2023

    <p>&#8220;The most peculiar, imaginative and challenging work in British comics &#8221; &#8211;&nbsp;The New Statesman Misty: 45 Years of Fear is a hardcover collection bringing together some of the best stories of the classic British girls&#8217; horror comic. In 1978 British comics were changed forever with the release of Misty, the classic cult horror comic for [&hellip;]</p>

  • BATTLE ACTION #5 out now!

    BATTLE ACTION #5 out now!

    27th September 2023

    <p>The thrilling new BATTLE ACTION mini-series comes to an explosive end with its fifth issue! The last issue of Battle Action is out from your local comic book store (Diamond code JUL231918) or from the 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics webshops. This issue kicks off with an early adventure of &#8216;Hellman of Hammer [&hellip;]</p>

  • ‘Into Battle’ exhibition to showcase the best of British war comics

    ‘Into Battle’ exhibition to showcase the best of British war comics

    13th September 2023

    <p>Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics will open to visitors at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, from 1st October 2023 to 30th April 2024. The county’s military history museum is collaborating with Oxford-based Rebellion Publishing on the new exhibition which will offer visitors a chance to explore the history of British war comics [&hellip;]</p>

  • Get the new classic girls’ comics T-shirts

    Get the new classic girls’ comics T-shirts

    13th September 2023

    <p>Apparel of Laughs is launching a new range of six T-shirts celebrating IPC Fleetway&#8217;s classic comics for girls. Created in collaboration with Rebellion Publishing, each design features a vintage illustration taken from the vast archive of these nostalgic comics and spans the decades with famous titles like June, Tammy, and Misty getting their own unique [&hellip;]</p>

  • Out Now! Check In for Chills with The Thirteenth Floor: The Return of Max

    Out Now! Check In for Chills with The Thirteenth Floor: The Return of Max

    13th September 2023

    <p>He&#8217;s the legendary star of classic British horror comic Scream!, and now Max – the murderous AI – is back with new adventures in a fantastic collection! Max, the A.I. superintendent of Maxwell Towers has found a kindred soul in one of his residents, a young, disturbed boy call Sam Bowers. Together they work to [&hellip;]</p>

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